Biden elevates White House science post to Cabinet level

[DavidDvorkin]

President-elect Joe Biden is elevating the director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy to a Cabinet-level position, a move that highlights the emphasis the incoming administration plans to put on science as it inherits a public health crisis.

But there is no difference between the parties.


https://www.cnn.com/2021/01/15/politics/eric-lander-white-house-science-cabinet/index.html

[Geechie]

1. That sound you hear

is the sound of America's brain being plugged back in and rebooting.

[DavidDvorkin]

3. And just barely in time!

[Geechie]

4. Not a second to lose ...

[procon]

2. Welcome to Science!

Now they need a cabinet level post for IT, "Information Technology," that would cover anything related to computing technology, such as security issues, networking, hardware, software, the Internet, and the people that work with these technologies, including hackers.

Everything we do is wrapped around digital technologies. It's too important a field to be left out of the cabinet.

[moof]

5. + infinity

[NNadir]

6. John F. Kennedy had a de facto cabinet level science advistor.

It was Nobel Laureate Glenn T. Seaborg. Seaborg's scientific heft played a huge role in the negotiations for the atmospheric nuclear test ban treaty in 1963.

Seaborg's relationship with all of the Presidents from Truman to Clinton is detailed in one of his many books:

A Chemist in the White House : From the Manhattan Project to the End of the Cold War



In my opinion there should be a formal Secretary of Science and Engineering. To a limited extent, the Department of Energy and the Department of Health and Human Services covers these, but these departments are seldom led by scientists. An exception of course, would be Steven Chu, who was, in my opinion, one of Obama's more inspired choices.

[BigmanPigman]

7. Science...what's that?

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Welcome back to reality, USA, after your 5 year excursion through doofus fantasy land. . . nt

[LudwigPastorius]

9. Thank Christ.

We're still in the plaque-riddled Dark Ages, but there is hope on the horizon for a Renaissance.

[rickyhall]

10. Maybe now we're moving into the 21st Century, just 20 years late.

And they say conservatives aren't backward. LOL...

[halfulglas]

11. Cue Fox and OAN 3 - 2 - 1

This proves Joe Biden is anti-religion. The left is anti-religion.

[BGBD]

12. Cabinet-LEVEL

position. But not an actual cabinet position. So it won't be in the line of succession and the appointment won't require Senate confirmation. This would be similar to the Chief of Staff, DNI, CIA Director, Trade Representative, etc.

[Duppers]

14. ✔

[DavidDvorkin]

15. After sixteen years of Democrats in the White House

The position will be sufficiently cemented in the Cabinet that it will be permanent.

I hope.

[stillspkg]

13. Inhaling deeply

Great News ! A breath of fresh air; literally and figuratively.

[Blue Owl]

16. A return to sanity

And a 'fuck you' to Hannity

[electric_blue68]

17. I heard this just a little while ago. Made me happy.

Concentrating their efforts on 3 things - Cancer, Climate, I forgot the third one.

Sure other things as well to more modest degree.

[Blue_true]

19. The third is vaccination, now and the coming future.

Soon, the country will be back to planning to solve problems, not allowing the problems to happen while their impact is lied about.

[electric_blue68]

20. Oh... Duh.... Of course! 👍

The first distance flush of the coming dawn.

[Blue_true]

18. Read the entire list of people that the Biden team named to key science posts.

Totally impressive group of people. One is a Nobel Prize winner in Chemistry, she is trained as a Chemical Engineer. Another is a worldwide respected Social Scientists, who applies her expertise in the medical field, she is the Deputy Director of the new White House Science Cabinet post.